@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2011
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2012
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../../info/processes
system, much like text written into a file. @xref{Coding Systems}.
@defun call-process program &optional infile destination display &rest args
-This function calls @var{program} in a separate process and waits for
-it to finish.
+This function calls @var{program} and waits for it to finish.
-The standard input for the process comes from file @var{infile} if
+The standard input for the new process comes from file @var{infile} if
@var{infile} is not @code{nil}, and from the null device otherwise.
The argument @var{destination} says where to put the process output.
Here are the possibilities:
MS-DOS doesn't support asynchronous subprocesses, so this option doesn't
work there.
+@item @code{(:file @var{file-name})}
+Send the output to the file name specified.
+
@item @code{(@var{real-destination} @var{error-destination})}
Keep the standard output stream separate from the standard error stream;
deal with the ordinary output as specified by @var{real-destination},
Per default, this variable is always set to @code{t}, meaning that a
call of @code{process-file} could potentially change any file on a
remote host. When set to @code{nil}, a file handler could optimize
-its behaviour with respect to remote file attributes caching.
+its behavior with respect to remote file attributes caching.
This variable should never be changed by @code{setq}. Instead of, it
shall be set only by let-binding.
@end defun
@defun call-process-shell-command command &optional infile destination display &rest args
-This function executes the shell command @var{command} synchronously
-in a separate process. The final arguments @var{args} are additional
-arguments to add at the end of @var{command}. The other arguments
-are handled as in @code{call-process}.
+This function executes the shell command @var{command} synchronously.
+The final arguments @var{args} are additional arguments to add at the
+end of @var{command}. The other arguments are handled as in
+@code{call-process}.
@end defun
@defun process-file-shell-command command &optional infile destination display &rest args
@end defun
@defun process-lines program &rest args
-This function runs @var{program} in a separate process, waits for it
-to finish, and returns its output as a list of strings. Each string
-in the list holds a single line of text output by the program; the
-end-of-line characters are stripped from each line. The arguments
-beyond @var{program}, @var{args}, are strings that specify
-command-line arguments with which to run the program.
+This function runs @var{program}, waits for it to finish, and returns
+its output as a list of strings. Each string in the list holds a
+single line of text output by the program; the end-of-line characters
+are stripped from each line. The arguments beyond @var{program},
+@var{args}, are strings that specify command-line arguments with which
+to run the program.
If @var{program} exits with a non-zero exit status, this function
signals an error.
closed the connection, or Emacs did @code{delete-process}.
@end defun
+@defun process-live-p process
+This function returns nin-@code{nil} if @var{process} is alive. A
+process is considered alive if its status is @code{run}, @code{open},
+@code{listen}, @code{connect} or @code{stop}.
+@end defun
+
@defun process-type process
This function returns the symbol @code{network} for a network
connection or server, @code{serial} for a serial port connection, or
The number of threads in the process.
@item start
-The time the process was started, in the @w{@code{(@var{high}
-@var{low} @var{microsec})}} format used by @code{current-time} and
-@code{file-attributes}.
+The time when the process was started, in the same
+@w{@code{(@var{high} @var{low} @var{microsec})}} format used by
+@code{current-time} and @code{file-attributes}.
@item etime
The time elapsed since the process started, in the @w{@code{(@var{high}
buffer for the purpose. The buffer name is the server's buffer name
or process name, concatenated with the client identification string.
-The server's process buffer value is never used directly by Emacs, but
-it is passed to the log function, which can log connections by
-inserting text there.
+The server's process buffer value is never used directly, but the log
+function can retrieve it and use it to log connections by inserting
+text there.
@item
The communication type and the process filter and sentinel are
@itemx :parity
@itemx :stopbits
@itemx :flowcontrol
-These arguments are handled by @code{serial-process-configure}, which
-is called by @code{make-serial-process}.
+These are handled by @code{serial-process-configure}, which is called
+by @code{make-serial-process}.
@end table
The original argument list, possibly modified by later configuration,
is available via the function @code{process-contact}.
-Examples:
+Here is an example:
@example
(make-serial-process :port "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 9600)
-
-(make-serial-process :port "COM1" :speed 115200 :stopbits 2)
-
-(make-serial-process :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :speed 1200
- :bytesize 7 :parity 'odd)
-
-(make-serial-process :port "/dev/tty.BlueConsole-SPP-1"
- :speed nil)
@end example
@end defun
flow control.
@end table
-@code{serial-process-configure} is called by @code{make-serial-process} for the
-initial configuration of the serial port.
-
-Examples:
-
-@example
-(serial-process-configure :process "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 1200)
-
-(serial-process-configure :buffer "COM1" :stopbits 1
- :parity 'odd :flowcontrol 'hw)
-
-(serial-process-configure :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :bytesize 7)
-@end example
+@code{serial-process-configure} is called by
+@code{make-serial-process} for the initial configuration of the serial
+port.
@end defun
@node Byte Packing
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